fol. 63v (cont.)fol. 63v
Passus quintus de visione vt supra
ANd y awakede þerwith witteles ner-hande
And as a freke þ{e}at T fay{re} were / forth can y walken
In manere of mendenaunt mony ȝer aftur
And many tymes of this meteles / moche thouhte y hadde
Furste how fortune me faylede At my moste nede
And how elde manced me / so myhte happe
That y lyuede longe / leue me byhynde
And Vansche alle my vertues / and my fayre lotes
And how þat freres folewede folk C þat was ryche
fol. 64rfol. 64r
And peple þat was pore at litel pris setten
Ne no cors of pore comine / in here kyrke-ȝerde most lygge
Bote quyke he by-quath hem auht / or wolde helpe quyte here dettes
And how þis co{m}ueytyse ouercome / al kyne sectes
As wel lered as lewede / and lorde as þe {l}boende T
And how þat lewede men ben lad / but oure lord hem helpe
Thorw vnkunnynge curatours / to incurable peynes
And how þat ymaginatyf P / in dremeles me tolde
Of kynde and his connynge / and what connynge he ȝaf bestes
And how louyng he is to vch alyf / a lyf / alonde / a londe LG and o watere
For alle a LX wisseth and ȝeueth wit / þat walketh oþer crepeth
And y merueyle in herte / how ymaginatyf saide
That iustus bifore ihesu / in die iudicij
Non saluabitur / bote if vix / helpe
And when he hadde / y-saide so how sodeynliche he vanschede C
And so y musede vppon þis matere þat me lust to slepe
And thenne cam concyence / and clergie aftur
And beden me ryse vp and rome / and with resoun sholde y dyne
And y aroos and romede forth / and with resoun we mette
We reuerensede resoun / and romede forth softly
And metten with amayster / a mayster P / aman / a man lyk afrere / a frere
Concience knewe hym / welcomede hym fayre
They woschen and wypeden / and wenten to þe dyner
And there cam pacience as apore / a pore thyng / and preeyede / p[re]yede mete pur charite
I-lyk {Peres} the {Ploghman} as he a palmere were
Crauede and cryede / for cristes loue of heuene
Ameles / A meles mete for a pore man / or moneye yf they hadde
Concience knewe hem wel / and welcomede hem all
Woschen and wipeden / and wenten to sytten
The maister was maed sitte furste / As for þe moste worthy
Resoun stoed and styhlede T · as for styward of halle
Pacience and y · was pot to be mettes
And seten by oure-sulue / at a syde table
Clergie cald aftur mete / and thenne cam scripture
And serued hem thus sone / of sondry metes monye
Of Austyn of Ambrose / of alle þe foure euaungelies
fol. 64vfol. 64v
Edentes & bibentes / que apud eos sunt & cetera
Ac of this mete þat mayster / myhte nat wel shewe LG
For-thy eet he mete of more cost / mortrewes and potages
Of þat men myswonne / they made hem wel at ese
Ac here sauce was ouersour / and vnsauerly ygrounde
In a morter post mortem / of many bittere peynes
Bote yf they synge for tho soules / and wepe salte teres
Vos qui peccata hominum comeditis / nisi pro eis lacrimas & orationes effuderitis
ea que in deliciiscomeditis / deliciis comeditis in tormentis euo / euo[metis] & cetera
Thenne as resoun radde · anoon right aftur
That Consience comaunde sholde / to do come scripture
And bringe breed for pacience / bytyng apartye
And to me þat was his mette tho and oþer mete bothe
He sette a sour loef and saide Agite penitenciam
And sethe he drow vs drynke diapseuerans / dia pseuerans / dia p[er]seuerans T
As longe quod he as lyf P and lycame may duyre
This is a semely seruyce / saide pacience
Thenne cam contricion þat hadd coked for hem all
And brouhte forth a pytaunce was pro hoc orabit omnis sanctus in tempore oportuno
Thenne Consience confortede vs / bothe clergie and scripture
And saide cor contritum & humiliatum / deus non despicies
pacience was wel apayed / of this propre seruice
And made mery with this mete / Ac y mournede euere
For a doctour þat at þe hey deys / dranke wyn faste
Ve vobis qui patentes estis ad bibendum vinum
And ete manye sondry metes / mortrewes and poddynges
Brawen and bloed of gees / bacon and colhoppes
Thenne saide y to my-sulue / so pacience hit herde
Hit is nat thre daies doen / this doctour þat he prechede
At poules by-fore þe peple / what penaunce they soffrede
Alle þat coueyte to come / to eny kyne ioye
And how þat poul þe apostel / what penaunce he tholede
For oure lordes loue as holy lettre telleth
In fame and in frygore & cetera
Ac me wondreth in my wit / why þat they ne preche
A{c}s P poul þe apostle P prechede to þe peple ofte
fol. 65rfol. 65r
Periculum est in falsis fratribus C
Holy writ byt {b}men be waer / and wysly hem kepe
That no fals frere thorw flaterynge hem bygyle
Ac me thynketh loth thogh y latyn knowe T
To lacken eny secte for alle be we brethrene / thogh we be diuerse y-clothed
Ac y wiste neuere freke / þat frere is y-cald T
Of þe fyue mendynantz / þat toek this for his teme
And tolde hit with-oute glose
They preche þat penaunce is · / profitable to þe soule
And what meschief and male-ese / crist for man tholede
As this doctour and dyuynour quod y / and decretistre of Canoen
And also a gnedy glotoun / with two grete chekes
Hath no pyte on vs pore · he parformeth euele
That aprecheth / a precheth LX and preueth nat compacience ich tolde
And wisched witterly / with will ful egre
Þat in þat mawe of þat mayster / alle þo metes were
bothe disches and dobelares / with alle þe deyntees aftur
Y schal iangle to þis iurdan / with his iuyste wombe
And apose hym what penaunce is / and purgatorie on erthe
¶ And why a LX lyueth nat as alereth / a lereth LG LX lat be quod pacience and saide
Thow shalt se thus sone / when he may no more
He shal haue apenaunce / a penaunce in his foule paunche and poffe at vch a worde
And thenne shal gothelen his gottes and gynnen to galpe
Now he hath dronke so depe / a LX wol deuyne sone
And prouen hit by here pocalips / and þe passioun of seynt Aueroy
That noþer bacon ne brawn ne blaun-manger ne mortrewes
Is noþer fische ne flesche / but fode for penantes
And take wittenesse at atrinite / a trinite LG / and take his felowe no witnesse
What afond / a fond LG LX in aforel / a forel / of a frere lyuynge
And bote þe furste leef be lesynges leue me neuere aftur
And thenne is tyme to take / and to appose this doctour
Of dowel and of dobet / and yf dobet do eny penaunce
Y saed / sae[t] stille as pacience wolde / and thus sone this doctour
As rody as a rose / rodded his chekes
Cowhede and capede / and consience hym herde
And tolde hym of a trinite / and toward me he lokede
fol. 65vfol. 65v
What is dowel sire doctour quod y · is dobest eny penaunce
Dowel quod this doctour / and he dronke aftur
do thy neyhebore non harm / ne thy-sulue nother
And thenne dost thow wel and wysly / y dar hit wel a-vowe
Sertes sire thenne saide y / hit semeth nouhte here
In þat ȝe parteth nat with vs pore / þat ȝe passeth dowel
Ne louyeth nat as ȝe lereth / as oure lord wolde
Et visitauit & fecit redempcionem & cetera
And ȝe fare thus with ȝoure syke freres / ferly me thynketh
That dowel wol endite ȝow in die iudicij
Thenne consience ful corteyslyche / a continaunce he made
And preynte vppon pacience to preie me be stille
And saide hym-sulue sire doctour / be so hit be ȝoure wille
What is dowel and dobet ȝe deuynours knoweth
Y haue y-seide quod þat segg / y can sey no bettre
Bote do as doctours techeth / for dowel y hit holde
That trauayleth to teche oþere / y halde hit for a dobet
And he þat doth as he techeth / y halde hit for þe beste
Qui facit & docuerit magnus vocabitur
Now þou Clergie quod Consience carpe what is dowel
Haue me excused quod Clergie / be crist but in scole
Shal no such motyef be meued for me bote oþere
For Peres loue þe palmare ȝent þat inpugnede ones
Alle kyne connynges / and alle kyne craftes
Saue loue and leute / and lowenesse of herte
And no tixst ne taketh / to preue this for tre{r}we
Bote dilige deum & patrem & domine quis habitabit
And preueth by puyre skile / inparfyt alle thynges
Nemo bonus bote lele loue and treuthe
That loth is to be founde / quod Peres the pl{g}oghman C
Pacientes vinciunt / vinc[u]nt T T
Byfore perpetuel pees / y shal proue þat y saide
And a-vowe byfore god / and forsaken hit neuere
That disce doce dilige deum / and thyn enemy helpe T
Emforth thy myhte / caste hote coles on his heued
Of alle kyn speche fond thorw wit / & word {.}his loue to wynne
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Ȝef hym eft and eft / euere at his nede
Conforte hym with thy catel / and with thy kynde speche
And ley on hym thus with loue / til he lauhe on þe
And bote he bowe for this betynge / blynde mote he worthen
And whan he hadde y-worded thus / wiste no man aftur
Where Peres the plogman by-cam so priueyliche he wente
And resoun ran aftur / and riht with hym ȝede
Saue Concience and clergie / y couthe no mo aspye
Saue pacience properliche spak / tho Peres was thus ypassed
That loueth lely quod he / bote litel thyng coueyteth
Y wolde and y will hadde / to wynnen all fraunce
With-oute bruttenyge / brutteny[n]ge of buyren / or eny bloed {c}shedynge LG
Y take wittenesse quod he / of holy writ apartye / a partye
Pacientes vincunt & cetera
For by hym þat me made / myhte neuere pouerte
Meseyse ne meschief / ne man with his tonge
Tene þe eny tyme / and þou take pacience
And bere hit in thy bosom / aboute where þou wendest
In þe corner of a carwhel / car[t]whel / with a crow croune
Shal neuere buyren be abasched þat hath this abouten hym
Ne neuere hete ne hayl / ne helle pouke hym greue
Noþer fuyr ne floed / ne be aferd of enemye
Caritas expellit omnen / omne[m] timorem
Ne þer is wyht in this world / þat wolde the lette
To haue alle londes at thy likyng / and the here lord make
And maister of alle here mebles / and of here moneye aftur
The kyng and alle þe comune / and clergie to þe loute
As for here lord and here ledare / and loue as thow techest
This is a dido quod this doctour / a dysores tale
Al this wit of this world / and wyhte menne strenghe
Cannat parfourme a pees / of the pope and his enemyes
profitable for bothe parties and potte þe boerd fro hym
And toek Clergie and Consience to conseyle As hit were
Ac Concience y toek kepe conieyod / coniey[e]d sone this doctour
And sethe a LX saide to clergie / so þat y hit herde
By Crist quod Consience / clergie y wol nat lye
fol. 66vfol. 66v
Me were leuere by oure lord / and y leue sholde
Haue pacience parfitlyche then half thy pak of bokes
Lettrure and longe studie / letteth fol monye
That they knoweth nat quod Concience what is kynde pacience
For-thy quod Concience crist y the byteche
With pacience wol y passe / parfitnesse to fynde
And wenten forth in here way / with grete wille y folowede
Thenne hadde pacience as pilgrimes haen / in here poke vitayles
Sobrete or symple speche / and sothfaste bileue
To conforte hym and Consience / yf they come in place
There vnkyndenesse and coueytise / hungry contreys bothe
And as they wente by the way / of dowel can they carpe
They mette with a mynstral / as me tho thouhte
pacience apposede hym / and preyede a LX sholde telle
What craft þat he couthe / and corteyliche / cortey[s]liche he saide
Ich am a mynstral quod this man / my name is actiua vita
Peres prentys þe plouhman C / alle peple to conforte
What manere munstracye · my dere frende quod Concience
Hastow vsed or haunted / al thy lyf-tyme
Munstracye can y nat moche / bote make men merye
As a wafrrer / waf[e]rer with wafres / ar welcome godes gestes
Of thy labour th{yy}u T lauhe / þe lasse and þe more
The pore and the ryche / y plese and payn fynde
And fewe robes y fonge / or forrede gounes
Wolde y lye and do men lawhe / thenne lacchen y scholde
Or mantel or mone amonges lordes munstrals
Y can nat tabre ne trompy / ne telle fayre gestes
Farten ne fythelen at festes ne harpe
Iape ne iangele ne genteliche pipe
Ne noþer sayle ne sautrien / ne syngen with þe geterne
Y haue no gode giftes / of thise grete lordes
For no breed þat y betrauaile furste to before lordes
Ner{h}e hit þat þe parsche preyeth / for me on sonendayes
Y am sory þat y sowe / or sette but for my-sulue
Ac þe prest and oþere peple / preyeth for Peres þe Plouheman C
And for me Actyf his man / þat ydelnesse hatte
fol. 67rfol. 67r
Lordes and lorelles luther and gode
Fro Mihel-masse to Mihel-masse / y fynde mete and drynke
Y fynde payn for þe pote T / and preen / pre[y]en hym ych wolde
That pestilences to pees / and parfyt loue turnen
For founde y þat his blessynge / and his bulle myhte
Lette this luythere / and leche þe sike
As þe boek bereth witnesse / þat he bere myhte
In his mouthe mercy / and amende vs all
Super egros manus ponebant & bene habebunt & cetera
And thenne wolde y be bysy / and buxum to helpe
Vch a kyne creature / þat on crist leueth
For sethe he hath þe power þat peter hadde
He hath þe pott with þe salue
Argentum & Aurum / non est michi quod habeo tibi do & cetera
Ac yf myhte of myracle hym fayle / hit is for men beth nat worthy
To haue þe grace of god / and no gulte of þe pope
For may no blessynge doen vs bote / but yf we wol amende
Ne mannes prayere maky pees / amonges cristene peple
Til pruyde be puyreliche for-do / and þat thorw payn defaute
Habundancia panis & vini P / turpissimum peccatum aduenit
Plente of payn the peple of sodoume
And reste and ryche metes / rebaudes hem made
Pees quod pacience / y preye ȝow sire actyf
For þoȝ nere payn ne plouh / ne potage were
pruyde wolde potte hym-sulf forth / thogh no plough erye
Hit am y þat fynde alle folke / and fram hunger sa{..}ue
Thorw T the helpe of hym / þat me hyder sente
And saide lo here lyflode y-now / yf oure beleue be trewe
For lente neuere was here lyf / but lyflode were shape
Wherof or wherfore and wher-with to lyuene
Þe worm and wonte vnder erthe and in water fisches
The Cryket by kynde of þe fuyr / and corleu by þe wynde
Bestes by grace and by grayn / and by grene rotes
In menynge þat alle men myhte þe sa{u}me
Leue thorw lele bileue As oure lord wittenesseth
Quodcumque pecieritis in nomine meo / do enim vobis Et alibi
fol. 67vfol. 67v
Non in solo pane viuit homo & cetera
Hastow quod Actyf / ay such mete with the C
Ȝe quod pacience And oute of his poke hente
A pece of þe pater noster / and profred hit to vs all
And y lystnede and lokede / what lyflode hit were
And thenne was hit fiat voluntas tua þat sholde fynde vs alle
Haue Actyf quod pacience and eet this when þe hungreth
Or when thow claumsest fo{c}r P colde / or clingest for eny drouthe
And shal neuere gyues the greue / ne grete lordes wrathe
Prisoun ne oþer payne / for pacience / pacien[tes] vincunt
By so þat þou be sobre of syhte and of tonge
In etynge and handlynge in alle thy fyue wittes
dar þe nat care for no corn / ne for cloth ne for drynke
Ne dieth drede ne deuel / deye as god liketh
Wheþer thorw hunger or hete / at his wille be hit
For if thow lyuest aftur his lore the shortere lyf þe betere
Si quis Amat christum mundum non diligit istum
Thorw his breth bestes wexe and a-broed ȝeden
dixit & facta fuerunt ergo T thorw his breth
bestes lyueth bothe men and fisches
As witnesseth holy writ / when we seggeth oure graces
Aperis tu manum tuam & cetera
Hit is founde þat fourty wynter folke lyuede and tylde nat
And oute of þe flynt spronge þe floed þat folk and bestes dronke
And in Elies tyme / heuene was y-closed
That no reyn ne roen / thus þrat T men on bokes
That manye wynter men lyuede and no mete ne tylede
Seuene slepen as saith þe boek / more then syxty wynter
Lyuede with-outen lyflode / and at the laste awakede
And yf men lyuede as mesure wolde sholde neuere be defaute
Amonges cristene creatures · yf cristes wordes be trewe
dabo tibi secundum peticionem tuam
What is parfit pacience quod Actiua vita
Meeknesse and mylde speche And men of o will
The whiche wil loue lat to oure lordes place
And þat is charite chaumpion chief of all vertues
fol. 68rfol. 68r
And þat is pore pacient / alle perelles to soffre
Where pouerte and pacience plese more god almyhty
Then rihtfullyche rychesse / and resonablelyche to spene
Ȝe quis est ille quod pacience quik laudamus eum
Thogh men rede of rychesse / rihte to þe worldes ende
Then when he drow to þe deth / that he ne dradd hym sarrore
Then eny pore pacient / and þat preue y be resoun
Hit are but fewe folk o{t}f this ryche / that ne falleth in arrerage
There þe pore dar plede / and preue by puyr resoun
To haue allouaunce of his lord / by puyre lawe he claymeth
Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde / of rihtfull iuge he asketh
And saith loo briddes and bestes / þat no blisse ne knoweth
And wilde wormes in wodes thorw wyntres thow hem greuest
And makest hem wel neyh meke and mylde for defaute
Ther-aftur thow sendest hem somer þat is here souereyne ioye
And blisse to all þat been / bothe to wilde and to tame
Thenne may beggares as bestes / aftur a blisse aske
That al here lyf haen lyued / in langour and defaute
Bote god sen{t}de hem som-tyme sum manere ioye
Other here or ellis-wher / elles hit were reuthe
For to wroþer-hele was he wrouht þat neuere was ioye yschape
Angeles þat in helle now ben / hadden som-tyme ioye
And dyues in his deyntees lyuede and in douce vie
And now he buyth hit bittere / he is abeggare / a beggare of helle
Many man hath his ioye here for al here wel dedes
And lordes and ladyes ben cald / for ledes þat they haue
And slepeth as hit semeth / and somur euere hem folleweth
Ac when deth awaketh hem of here we{r}le P / þat were er so ryche
Then aren hit puyre pore thynges in purgatorie or in hell
dauid in þe sauter / of suche maketh mynde
And sayth dormierunt / & nichil inuenerunt & cetera
Et alibi velud sompnum T surgencium in & cetera
// Hyer ȝe may
se schortly re-
hersed þe visi-
onis LX to-fore
sayd
// Hyer wente
consience & pacience
// Actiua vita
pers plowmanis
prentys
notate fratres
Periculum est in falsis fratribus
frer
frer
corrigitur ·